Ever notice how some of these very common phrases just aren’t true. I mean obviously timing isn’t everything, I could be in line at Tim Hortons right behind Warren Buffet* and we get chatting about some deep macro-economic topic and next thing you know he asks me to manage a billion-dollar portfolio. We know that’s not going to happen, despite my great timing at meeting Warren at Timmies. More likely I get in line behind someone who looks like Warren Buffet and I embarrass myself, knowing full well it can’t be him but asking anyway. So we all know timing isn’t everything, and its certainly not the only thing. but it is a thing, it’s surely something, and it could be almost anything, but it definitely isn’t nothing. Perhaps a more truthful expression is “timing is important” but that probably won’t catch on. Maybe the real question is what’s more important, good timing or having a good time? I am digressing, I know, you don’t have to tell me. That’s what I do.
Back to reality, which we all know bites. Fall is here, know how I can tell? Because it’s time to take down that damn trampoline in the backyard. The grandkids have no problem doing their flips and flops on it all summer but when it is time to take it down gramps is flying solo. Warm day too. Disassembling this contraption, that must have been engineered by the sadists at Ikea, is thirsty work. So once I am done I figure it better be 5’ o’clock somewhere and I make my way to the beer fridge and grab me a Hops & Robbers.
This Double Trouble** dry hopped smashed with Cascade hops session IPA pours golden to amber with lots of bubbles cascading up my glass, and a bright white head to boot. Bubbly fresh mild fruit aroma and I was so thirsty I had to have a quaff before I even got a pic, but take my word for it, it was a perfect pour. I was thirstier than the ancient mariner.
Dry and hoppy, how dry you ask, I think I was more thirsty after my first swig, that’s how dry. Smooth hoppy and a slightly bitter finish = dry and refreshing. Very nice. A mild bitters finish and aftertaste. Nice mild fruit malt combo. Bubbly in the glass but not fizzy at all. An ideal thirst quencher with me as the quenchee.*** How does it work that a dry brew is best when it comes to dealing with an extreme thirst?
I highly recommend this brew for thirst emergencies. This is a great example of what a session IPA can be, and of course this rating also illustrates the importance of good timing.
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